What's On Today

By KATHRYN SHATTUCK

Published: December 14, 2008

9 P.M. (Spike TV) 2008 VIDEO GAME AWARDS Jack Black, right, hosts this celebration of the video game industry with glimpses of what's coming next year, like Br? Legend, Mafia 2, Uncharted 2 and God of War III. Will Wright will receive the first Gamer
God award. Game of the Year nominees include Grand Theft Auto IV, LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Gears of War 2.

10 A.M. (ABC) THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS Senator John McCain gives his first Sunday morning interview since the presidential election.

NOON (Turner Classic Movies) TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE FAMILY CLASSICS This film festival of children's movies continues with a roster of Walt Disney classics: ''The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes'' (1969), at noon; ''The Strongest
Man in the World'' (1975), at 1:45 p.m.; ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' (1961), at 3:30; ''Son of Flubber'' (1963), at 5:15; ''The Apple Dumpling Gang''
(1975), at 8:30; and ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'' (1979), at 10:15. ''The Age of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics,'' at 7, traces the studio's history
as it branched out into nonanimated family fare.

8 P.M. (ABC Family) SNOW 2: BRAIN FREEZE (2008) Tom Cavanagh reprises his role as Nick Snowden -- that's Santa Claus to you -- who, amid the chaos of preparations for Christmas, loses his memory and forgets who he is. Which could mean lots of unhappy
girls and boys.

8 P.M. (CBS) SURVIVOR: GABON The final castaways are grilled by jury members, who then vote for the winner. At 10, the 18 castaways reunite with Jeff Probst in Los Angeles, and the winner is revealed.

8 P.M. (HGTV) HOLIDAY WINDOWS 2008 A look at the creation of holiday window displays in some of the most popular department stores in North America, and the designers who spend all year conjuring up these retail fantasies.

8 P.M. (National Geographic) DEVIL'S BIBLE A team of scholars and scientists tries to unravel the secrets of a large medieval manuscript, the Codex Gigas, which was allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys. According to legend, the book's
text sprang from a doomed monk's pact with the Devil. (Above, a scene from the show.)

9 P.M. (C-Span) THE WHITE HOUSE: INSIDE AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS HOME The first lady, Laura Bush, leads a tour.

9 P.M. (HBO) HOUSE OF SADDAM Parts 3 and 4 of this four-episode mini-series about Saddam Hussein (Igal Naor) and his inner circle begin in May 1995, as Iraq is crippled by United Nations sanctions, and end with the Iraqi dictator being found inside a
makeshift underground hide-out, where he declares, ''I am Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq, and I am willing to negotiate.''

9 P.M. (Lifetime) TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME (2008) Julia Duffy and David Ogden Stiers star in yet another family-tension-at-the-holidays television movie.

10 P.M. (BBC America) SKINS Cassie, and her eating disorder, are the focus of Season 2's penultimate episode. Don't get too used to these characters: most of the cast is being jettisoned before Season 3.

10 P.M. (Showtime) CALIFORNICATION Hank (David Duchovny) puts the finishing touches on his biography of Ashby (Callum Keith Rennie) in this season finale; Charlie (Evan Handler) begins working at a car dealership; and Hank and Becca (Madeleine Martin)
try to figure out what to do after Karen (Natascha McElhone) takes a job in New York.

11:30 P.M. (13) CHICANO ROCK! THE SOUNDS OF EAST LOS ANGELESEdward James Olmos narrates this look at Mexican-Americans who have expressed their identity through music. KATHRYN SHATTUCK